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June 2008
- Michelle Gets a Gig With a 'View'
  
  Time | Jun 18, 08 12:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Michelle Obama started off her debut appearance on “The View” with a jab at the "terrorist fist jab" controversy, demanding of her co-hosts, "I have to be greeted properly. Fist bump please." Obama talked everything from politics to pantyhose—no, she doesn’t wear them—and said she draws attention because “I wear my heart on my sleeve.” When asked right off the bat about her much-ballyhooed patriotism, Time reports, Obama said, “Of course I’m proud.” More »
- Rivals Plan Joint Unity Event
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jun 18, 08 2:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will make a joint appearance in Washington next week in a show of party solidarity—despite behind-the-scenes tensions. Though Clinton's finance director invited top supporters to the event, some Hillary backers are frustrated by signals that their candidate won't be invited to join the ticket, including the Obama team's hiring of Patti Solis Doyle, a former Clinton campaign manager fired in February, to be chief of staff to the VP nominee. More »
- Why Isn't Obama Further Ahead?
  
  ABC News | Jun 17, 08 5:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has less of a lead over John McCain than would be suggested by his advantages in party affiliation and by President Bush's disapproval numbers, writes Gary Langer of ABC News. Among other things, data from a new poll show Obama has not received a major boost from Hillary Clinton's endorsement, suggesting he still needs to work to recruit her supporters. More »
- Obama Hire Bodes Ill for Clinton as VP
  
  Huffington Post | Jun 17, 08 2:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Don’t be fooled into thinking Barack Obama's hiring of Hillary Clinton’s ex-campaign manager is a play for unity; insiders say it’s a signal Clinton is not the future VP nominee. One Clinton bundler called the move the “biggest f--- you I have ever seen in politics.” Patti Solis Doyle will be the VP nominee's chief of staff, and she and Clinton didn't part on good terms. More »
- To Court Blue-Collar Vote, Light Up
  
  New York Times | Jun 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Everyone has ideas about how Barack Obama can attract the working-class white voters that eluded him in the primaries. Author Tony Horwitz goes for the throat: Start smoking again. West Virginia and Kentucky, where Hillary Clinton clobbered Obama, lead the nation in cigarette consumption among whites, and lighting up could help worse-off voters see him as one of their own. More »
- Gore: 'We Need Change'
  
  Detroit Free Press | Jun 17, 08 5:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Al Gore endorsed Barack Obama for president at a Detroit rally last night, saying the 2008 election “matters more than ever before,” the Detroit Free Press reports. “After 8 years of lost jobs, we need change,” the former Democratic nominee said. “After 8 years of the worst, most serious foreign policy mistakes, we need change.” More »
- Blogger on Trail Scoops MSM
  
  New Yorker | Jun 16, 08 7:20 PM CDT

Stories

Michelle Gets a Gig With a 'View'

Rivals Plan Joint Unity Event

Why Isn't Obama Further Ahead?

Obama Hire Bodes Ill for Clinton as VP

To Court Blue-Collar Vote, Light Up

Gore: 'We Need Change'

Blogger on Trail Scoops MSM